Our pick for the safest city in America is Edison, N.J.! It has all-around low crime rates, fewer sex offenders per capita and New Jersey has a mid-level spot on the peace index, which makes for one safe and sound city in our book. It beat out Port St. Lucie, our No. 2 pick, with its slightly lower violent crime rates and New Jersey’s No. 28 ranking from the Institute for Economics & Peace index compared to Florida’s No. 47 out of the 50 U.S. states.”

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Woodbridge Township sits just across the river from Staten Island, N.Y. In this New Jersey city, we find the first notable drop in the number of sex offenders per capita. Woodbridge Township sits between two California cities on our list. All three are home to low violent and property crimes per capita and share similar rankings on the peace index: New Jersey: 28; California: 32.”